Gear lubrication.



Cv. V. KEER.

GEAR LUBRICATION.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 23, 1913.

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GEAR LUBnrcATIoN.

specification of Letters Patent. Patented Mgr', 231915 Application md August 23,1913. serial No. 786,266.

To all whomt't may concern; Y p

Be it known that L CHARLus, V. KERK, a citizen of the United- States, residing at Vlellsville, in the county of Allegany and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gear Lubrication, of'which the following is a speci.- .cation My Ainvention relates to improvements in gear lubrication, and `is particularly adapted for lubrication of gears used to reduce the speed of a steam turbine, electric motor, or other high l speed motive power, connected with a slower rotary speed blower, pump or other apparatus'. Y y

The object of the invention is to provide an eiiicient and automatic lubrication for the v rapidly revolving gears, which'will keep a constant circulation and a iiow of the lubricant between the engaging surfaces of the teeth commensurate with the speed of the rapidlyrevolving gears. Y

The invention consists ofk structural features and relative arrangements of the elements which will be hereinafter more fullyv described and particularly pointed out 4in the appended claims.

In the drawings in which similar refer-V ence characters indicate the same parts 1n the several figures of the drawing: Figure 1 Y is a longitudinal section of agear casing andv bearings showing the inventlon appliedV thereto; Fig. 2 is a section on line II-II of Fig.y 1; Fig. 3 is a fragmentary, enlarged section of Fig. 1 showing therelation of the lubricating rings to the gears; and Fig. 4 is aA similar view of Fig. 2 showing the relation of the rings to the gears;

Referring to the drawings, 1` is any suitable gear casing which is provided with anyy approved 'formjofupper bearings 2, in whichis supported a. low speedfor driven shaft 3, having` keyed thereon .separated gears 4, 4, said shaft 3 being connected by f untreu shares rarfsnrorricn,

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ported bythe :shaft 6, between the gears7, 7

are provided preferably, a series of 'independentflatlubri'cating rings 10, 10, whose lower sections dip into the oil contained in the reservoir 11, at theb'ottom of the gear casing 1. stamped from sheet zinc'orother non-corrosive metal `and are spaced apart by small wires or projections 16 fixed to thefside of The lubricating rings 10 are.

therings and parallel to the aXisof the f shaft '6. The ordinary oil ringy may however be used. The teethof gears '4, 4, and

7, 7, are so arranged that they are inclined -forward on each side of the lubricating rings 1n the directionof rotation, as indicatedby the arrows, forpurposes to be hereinafter and presently described.

The 'top of the casin'g'is'-providedlwith1 "v openings 12 forthe purpose of introducing the lubricating oil into the casing to'be deoil passing fromthe lateral reservoir 11a and 11b, by means of theflower openings 13,

into the middle reservoir 11. rIhe openings 12 are'also used for the purpose of observing Y y I the operation of lubricating the 'Sidebear-V ings 2,2.f' j

The operation of the invention is as. follows: The-shaft 6 being rapidly revolved in the, direction as indicated bythe arrow by any suitable high speed motor, the lubricating rings 10 between thev gears 7, 7, are roposited in the middle oil reservoir 11, said,

tated and the oil adheringto'the bottom of the rings is carried upto the shaft 6 whence 1t is conveyed to the projections or shoulders 8, on the rapidly revolving gears 7, 7, and]l carried by centrifugalA force up the inclined edges v9, 9, and conveyed and caught up by the teeth ofthegear and spread sidewise on their working orfengagingfaces.

From: the foregoing disclosure of convstruction and operation, it will be seen that oil can be easily, continuously andquickly conveyed from areservoir to the teeth of meshing gears'. ,j

While I have. shown a specific arrangement .for simultaneously lubricating the superposed bearings 2,' 2, and', 5, respectively, for the low "speed lshaft 3 and high speed shaft 6, by means of a setofflower lubricating rings 14 and a set of upper rings 15, the upper portions of said lower rings 14 intermeshing with the lower portion of said.y

upper rings 15 at the upperv side ofthebearf ing 5, for 'the purpose of transferring a por# Vtion ofthe oil notl used by saidbearing 5, 'y

and adhering to the lower set of rings 14, to the upper set of rings l5, and relaying the same to the upper bearings-2, 2, whereby a lubricant can beconveyed from one reservoir 11iL or 11b to two superposed bearings Vor shafts, as shown, I do not herein `make claim to said matters of the invention, as these features are the subject-matter of a separate application, Serial No. 7 86,267, and filed by me on August 23, 1913.

`What 1 claim is l. A gear lubricator comprising a high speed rotary shaft, an upper low speed rotary shaft, a gear on said lower shaft, a gear on said upper shaft, said gears of the upper and lower shafts intermeshing with each other, an oil reservoir below said shafts, a. lubricating ring surrounding and supported on the lower shaft adjacent to the side of the gear on said shaft, the lower section of said ring dipping into theA oil reservoir, and an annular projection surrounding and rotating with the lower shaft and interposed between the side of the lubricating ring and the contiguous side of the lower gear and having an outer convex and round edge inclined upwardly from the lubricating ring to the side of the intermeshing gear teeth, whereby the oil adhering to the lubricating ring `is transferred to said inclined edge of said annular projection and by centrifugal force thrown between the co-acting or working faces of the superposed rotary gears..

' 2. A gear lubricator comprising a lower high speed rotary shaft, an upper low speed rotary shaft, a gear on said lower shaft, a gear on said upper shaft, said gears of the upper and lower shafts intermeshing with each other, the teeth of said gears being inclined forwardly in the direction of rotation, an oil reservoir below said shafts, a lubricating ring Vconsisting of a plurality of disks laterally adjacent each other and surrounding and supported on the lower shaft adjacent to the side of the gear on said shaft, the lower section of said disks dipping into the oil reservoir, means attached to said disks for separating them from each other, and an annular projection surrounding and rotating with the lower shaft and interposed between the side of the lubricating ring and the contiguous side of the lower ygear having an outer convex and rounded edge inclined upwardly from the lubricating ring to the side of the intermeshing gear teeth, whereby the oil adhering to the lubricating ring is transferred to said inclined edge of said annular Vvsection and by centrifugal force thrown between the co-acting or working faces of the superposed rotary gears.

3. A gear lubricator comprising a lower high speed rotary shaft, an upper rotary shaft separated gears on said lower shaft, separated gears on said upper shaft, said gears of the lower and upper shafts interineshing with each other, an oil reservoir below said shafts, a lubricating ring interposed between the separated lower gears and sur rounding and supported from the lower shaft, an annular projection surrounding and rotating with the lower shaft and interposed on each side of said lubricating ring and between the adjacent sides of the lower gears, each of said annular projections having an outer convex and rounded edge inclined upwardly from the lubricating ring to the side of the adjacent intermeshing gear teeth, whereby the oil adhering to the lubricating ring is transferred to the inclined edge of each of the annular projections, and by centrifugal force thrown between the co-acting or working faces of the superposed rotary gears.

4l. A gear lubricator comprising a lower hiO'h speed rotary shaft, an upper low speed rotary shaft, separated gears on said lower shaft, separated gears on said upper shaft, said gears of the lowerand upper shafts intermeshing with each other, an oil reservoir below said shafts, a lubricating ring consisting of a plurality of disks laterally adjacent each other and interposed between the separated lower gears and surrounding and rotating with and supported from the lower shaft, a rotary annular section surrounding the lower shaft and interposed on each side of said lubricating ring and between the adjacent sides of the lower gears, each of said annular projections having an outer convex and rounded edge inclined upwardly from the lubricating ring to the side of the adjacent intermeshing gear teeth, whereby the oil adhering to the lubricating ring is transferred to the inclined edgfge of each of the annular projections, and by centrifugal force thrown between the co-acting or working faces of the superposed rotary gears.

ln testimony whereof l afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES VLNEY 1 ERR. Witnesses VOLNEY A. Kuna, ELIZABETH A. Kuur.

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